Following a raid on a Germantown apartment that has been serving as a “haven for guns and drugs,” according to the State’s Attorney office, Montgomery County Police have taken seven suspects into custody. The suspects are:
• Devin Bullard (20)
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The University of Maryland Police Department (UMPD) announced that 30-year-old Joshua Leo Black of Olney has been arrested and charged with two assaults that occurred at the University of Maryland, College Park.
A large trucker convoy that has been stationed the past few days in Hagerstown, MD have said they plan on driving around Washington, DC and shut down the beltway beginning today.
A convoy leader told The Washington Post that the truckers plan to leave Hagerstown at 9:30am Sunday morning and will loop the beltway twice at the minimum legal speed.
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On February 7th, in the District Court for Montgomery County, MD, Judge Sherri Koch sentenced defendant, Kyhree Gardner, 18, of Silver Spring, to 5-years suspend, all but 9-months in prison, and three years of probation upon release.
Staff at Burnt Mills Elementary School found a school laptop bag containing a ghost gun near the basketball court after hours on October 20th 2021. The defendant was playing basketball at the time and was later arrested after staff contacted police and an investigation ensued.
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Judge David Lease sentenced Rebecca Vo to six years (20 years suspend all but 6) and five-years of probation upon release. This stems from a motor vehicle collision on the evening of March 27, 2021 at Darnestown Rd. and Blackberry Drive in Gaithersburg, MD.
She pleaded guilty to two counts gross negligent manslaughter by vehicle for the deaths of Pran and Pamela Sharma and is facing a maximum of six years per a plea agreement which was reached in consultation with the State and the family of the victims.
A 59-year-old woman, Alka Himanshu Tanna, died after her husband, Himanshu Maganlal Tanna, intentionally struck her with his vehicle in a Silver Spring bank parking lot last Friday, January 14.
At yesterday’s bond hearing, based on a recommendation from pre-trial services, Judge Sherri Koch ordered a court diagnostic (mental evaluation) and postponed bail review until January 25th.
After a nine-day trial and nine hours of deliberations, in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, MD, before the Honorable Judge David Lease, a jury has found defendant Gregory Jones, 28, of Martinsburg, WV, guilty of first-degree murder for the deaths of Ashley Dickinson and Joshua Frazier in Burtonsville, MD. He faces two potential life sentences plus an additional 40 years. Sentencing is scheduled for March 25, 2022.
Assistant State’s Attorneys Marybeth Ayers and James Dietrich prosecuted this case.
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“This defendant preyed on innocent women in our community. We thank Judge Bonifant for imposing a 20 year prison sentence and a lifetime on the sex offender registry. Hopefully this brings much deserved peace to the victims who bravely shared their stories so that the defendant would not be able to hurt anyone else,” said State’s Attorney John McCarthy (in featured photo).
Details of the events can be seen below, per the office of State’s Attorney John McCarthy: